Tektronix MTS400 DATASHEET

MTS400 Series MPEG Analysis Tools

Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) Analyzer Data Sheet

Characteristics

Applications

When developing professional and consumer equipment, particularly encoders and
set-top boxes, the characteristics of the test streams being either generated or used
as stimulus need to be ascertained. The header associated with each PES packet is
of particular interest, as it contains the decode and presentation time stamps (DTS
and PTS) for the contained Elementary Stream. Errors in these time stamps may
cause resets or picture freeze problems at the receiver in extreme cases. They are
more typically the cause of lip sync problems where the time stamps of associated
video and audio streams are not synchronized.

Supported CODECs

MPEG-2 Video

MPEG-2 Audio

MPEG-2 AA C Audio

MPEG-4 AA C Audio

AC-3 Audio

Standalone Software System Requirements (MTS4SA)

PC with Genuine Intel Pentium class 1.2 GHz processor

Features & Benefits

Verifies Conformance of the PES Header Contents to the MPEG, DVB,
and ATSC S tanda rds

Analyze PES Header Contents

Compare Actual Presentation and Decode Time Stamps (PTS/DTS)
Values with Calculated Values

Detects Encoder Drift Aga in st Real-time Errors

Displays the Most Important Elementary Stream Field Values for a

cted Access Unit

Sele

Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset

Windows 2000 or Windows XP Operating System

Internet Explorer 5.0 or above

256 MB of RAM

50 MB of available hard disk space for the application a nd
documentation

SVGA (800 × 600) resolution video adapter and monitor (XVGA (1024 ×

r higher resolution recomm ended)

768) o

MorDVDdrive

CD-RO

ard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Keybo

Data Sheet

Ordering Information

PES Analyzer

This application is available on MTS400 Series analyzer instruments, as MTS4SA
standalone software, and on MTX/RTX Series generator instruments.

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Product(s) are manufactured in ISO registered facilities.

Product(s) complies with IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, RS-232-C, and with Tektronix
Standard Codes and Formats.

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